PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kirch Hoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hojo Hojo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hojo Hojo told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Hoff
vs
Hojo

180 cm
25
152 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

175 cm
25
156 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kirch Hoff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hojo Hojo!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoff jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Hojo.
Hoff swats away the attempt to clinch by Hojo.
Hojo tries a head kick but it misses.
Hojo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hoff.
Hoff uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hojo.
Hojo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hoff's sensitive parts.
Hoff ducks under a wild hook from Hojo.

Hoff darts in and clinches Hojo up against the ropes.
Hoff scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hojo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hojo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hojo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hoff lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hoff lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hoff avoids a wild elbow strike from Hojo.
Hoff using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hojo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hojo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Hojo throws an elbow but misses.
Hoff tries a knee to the head but Hojo blocks it.
Hoff's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Hoff escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hojo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hoff misses with a wild body shot.
Hoff uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hojo.
Hoff does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hoff connects with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoff swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hojo.
Hoff scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hojo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hoff can pounce on him.
Hojo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hoff keeps the fight on the outside.
Hoff walks into a straight right hand from Hojo.
Kirch Hoff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hoff misses with a few strikes there.
Hoff swats away the attempt to clinch by Hojo.
Hoff blocks a head kick by Hojo.
Hoff moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hojo looks gassed!
Hojo looks to land a right hand but Hoff moved out of range.
A combination from Hoff does no damage.
Hojo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hoff.
Hoff connects with a leg kick. Hojo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hojo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hoff. Hoff obviously looking to wear him down.
Hoff avoids the head kick by Hojo.
Hoff scores with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hoff lands a front kick.
Hoff throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hojo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A head kick misses from Hoff.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoff catches Hojo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hoff lands a head kick!
Hoff plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hoff swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hojo.
Good work by Hoff as he checks the leg kick.
Hojo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick from Hoff lands but Hojo takes it in his stride.
Hoff misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hoff fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hoff connects with a high kick.
Hoff throws a head kick that misses.
Hoff lands a nice hook to Hojo's body. Hojo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hojo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hoff can pounce on him.
Hojo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hoff can pounce on him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hojo just misses with a punch to the body.
Hojo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hoff can pounce on him.
Hoff cracks Hojo with a good jab.
Hojo wants to clinch up but Hoff keeps it at a distance.
Hoff connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Hoff moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kirch Hoff dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hojo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hojo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hoff. Hoff obviously looking to wear him down.
Kirch Hoff is winning the standup battle so far.
Hoff will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hojo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Hoff paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hoff chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hoff scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hojo tries to clinch up.

Hoff forces Hojo back against the ropes and clinches.
Hojo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A right handed body shot lands from Hoff.
Hoff scores a nice knee to the body.

Hoff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hoff scores with a head kick.
Hoff feints and then cracks Hojo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hojo down.

Hoff gets a clinch.
Good body shot from Hoff.
Hoff tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hojo avoids it.
Hoff tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Hoff breaks from the clinch.
Hojo just misses with a punch to the body.
Hojo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hojo needs to keep his hands up - Hoff had a free shot at his head there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hoff connects with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hojo wants to clinch.
Hojo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hoff.
Hoff scores with a leg kick.
Hojo doesn't manage to clinch there - Hoff circles away.
Hoff jabs at Hojo's body.

Hoff clinches.

Hoff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hoff misses with a body kick.
Hojo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A swing and a miss from Hojo.
Hoff with a jab.
Hojo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hojo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hojo wants to clinch.
Hojo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hoff scores with a jab.
Hojo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoff lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hoff lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hojo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Hoff as he connects with a hook.
Hoff lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hoff tries a head kick but it misses.
Hoff throws a sloppy head kick and Hojo moves out of range easily.
Hojo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hoff lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hojo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hoff lands with a kick to the temple. Hojo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hojo misses with a looping left.
Hojo throws a leg kick that misses.
Hoff misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hojo is looking to clinch but Hoff is avoiding it.
Hoff throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hoff moves out of range of the strikes.

Hoff moves into range and clinches up with Hojo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hoff throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hojo blocks it with crossed arms.
Hojo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hoff lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kirch Hoff dominated that second round.
That's time! Hoff's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Hojo throws a hook to the side of Hoff's head but Hoff sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hoff checks a leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Hoff there.
Hoff lands a jab to Hojo's midsection.
Hoff throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hojo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hojo takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hoff dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hojo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Hoff lands a front kick.
Hoff looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hojo takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nice jab there from Hoff.

Hoff darts in and clinches Hojo up against the ropes.
Hojo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hoff scores with a shot to the side of Hojo's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hoff scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Hoff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big right from Hojo misses.
Hoff feints and then cracks Hojo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hojo down.
Hoff is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hojo can do to turn this around?

Hoff closes the distance and clinches.

Hoff breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Hojo.
An inside leg kick lands from Hoff.
Hoff scores with a nice body kick.
Hoff misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hoff scores with a leg kick.
Hoff lands a nice shot that snaps Hojo's head back.
Hoff looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hoff throws a head kick that misses.

Hoff takes the fight into the clinch.
A short right from Hoff on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hojo.
Good body shot from Hoff.
Hoff scores with a shot to the side of Hojo's head.
Hoff lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hojo backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Hojo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hoff's brow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hoff lands a body punch.
Hoff lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Hoff lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from Hoff.
Hojo Hojo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoff missing with knees to the body.
Hoff using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hojo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hojo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hoff prevents a body shot from Hojo.
Hojo managing to block the knees to the body from Hoff.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hojo.
Hojo blocks a body shot from Hoff.
Hojo misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hojo.
Still in the clinch, Hojo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hojo pushes off an throws an elbow but Hoff leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Hojo lands an elbow that stopped Hoff in his tracks for a moment.
Hojo tries to break free but Hoff pushes him back against the ropes.
Hojo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Good body shot from Hoff.
Hoff lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hoff is leaning against Hojo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hojo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hoff throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hojos head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A right hand to the body from Hoff.
Hojo lands an elbow inside that Hoff shrugs off.
Hojo stalling in the clinch but Hoff improves position.

Hoff breaks the clinch.
Hoff stalks Hojo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hojo's face. Hojo staggers backwards, shaken.
Hojo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kirch Hoff showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hoff has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Kirch Hoff!
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight for Kirch Hoff!
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Kirch Hoff!

Kirch Hoff wins by unanimous decision!